General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 22.09.2023 were approximately:
personnel ‒ about 274950 (+480) persons,
tanks ‒ 4644 (+6),
APV ‒ 8891 (+8),
artillery systems – 6177 (+40),
MLRS – 785 (+4),
Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 528,
aircraft – 315,
helicopters – 316,
UAV operational-tactical level – 4858 (+8),
cruise missiles ‒ 1517 (+38),
warships / boats ‒ 20,
submarines – 1,
vehicles and fuel tanks – 8690 (+20),
special equipment ‒ 912 (+1).
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information on 18.00, 22.09.2023 regarding the #russian_invasion
Glory to Ukraine! The five hundred and seventy-sixth day of the large-scale armed aggression of the russian federation against our state continues.
The enemy continues to ignore the laws and customs of war, uses terror tactics, fires at both military and civilian targets, as a result of which, unfortunately, there are casualties among the civilian population.
During the day, 25 combat clashes took place. The enemy carried out 5 rocket and 40 air strikes, carried out 19 attacks from MLRS systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Also, the civilian population of Yurkivka, Zaporizhzhia Region, and the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava Region, suffered from cynical rocket attacks. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult.
On the Volyn and Polissya directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the armed forces of belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues shelling of populated areas from the territory of the russian federation. More than 20 settlements were hit by artillery and mortar attacks, including Bleshnya, Progress, Yanzhulivka of the Chernihiv region; Obody, Kindrativka, Myropilske, Stepok, Pokrovka, Pozhnya of the Sumy region and Ohirtseve, Pletenivka, Chugunivka, Bologivka of the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy launched an air strike near Bologhivka, Kharkiv region. More than 10 settlements, including Figolivka, Liman Pershiy, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kislivka, and Tabaivka of the Kharkiv region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Lyman direction, the areas of Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Kopanky, Serebryanka, Spirne of the Donetsk region were hit by enemy airstrikes. More than 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar attacks, among them Nevske, Bilogorivka of Luhansk region and Verkhnyokamianske, Pereizne, Fedorivka of Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the Minskivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, and Hryhorivka districts of the Donetsk region. The enemy tried to restore the lost position in the Andriivka area of the Donetsk region, but was unsuccessful. Airstrikes near Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka and North Donetsk region. More than 25 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bogdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Diliivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled an enemy attack in the North region of Donetsk region. The enemy launched an airstrike in the Avdiivka area of the Donetsk region. About 10 settlements, including Novokalynove, Ocheretine, Berdychi, Avdiivka, Orlivka, and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling.
In the Marinka direction, our defenders successfully repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Maryinka and Krasnohorivka districts of the Donetsk region during the day. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Paraskoviivka in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were under the fire of the occupiers, among them Maryinka, Georgiyivka, Gostre, Antonivka, Katerynivka, Elizavetivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes near Vodyanyi and Ugledar in the Donetsk region. About 10 settlements, including Vodyane, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Blagodatne, and Urozhayne of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled an enemy attack in the Robotyno region of the Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Malaya Tokmachka and Robotyny, Zaporizhzhia region. More than 20 settlements, including Levadne, Biloghirya, Orihiv, Shcherbaki, Pavlivka, Lobkove of the Zaporizhia region and Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Kozatske, Odradokamyanka, Tyaginka, Antonivka settlements of the Kherson region. About
10 settlements of the Kherson region, including Kherson, Mykilske, Sadove, Zelenivka, Chornobayivka of the Kherson region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhaust the enemy along the entire front line.
In the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, the local population continues to suffer from the actions of servicemen of the russian occupation forces, who, due to the delay in financial support and lack of food, engage in mass theft. In particular, the occupiers force civilians to give them their pets, food storage and conservation.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of russia in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, and 4 the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems, 2 anti-aircraft missile systems and 4 artillery pieces of the enemy were hit by units of the missile forces.